Entry Index: 400
Position: 73.04, -179.73
Date by Position: 29 July 1880
Logbook Volume: 3 of 4
Logbook Metadata: Volume 3
Latitude by observation at noon Sun N. 73° 2' 40" Longitude by chronometer from afternoon observations Sun W. 179° 43' 45" Using melted ice Coal consumed during the preceding 24 hours: 220 lbs Coal remaining on hand at noon: 55 tons 288 lbs The pumping is done, as required, by hand at the quarter deck bilge pump. Sounded in 25 1/2 fathoms. Muddy bottom. A drift to N.E. x N. being indicated by the lead line. Lowered and hauled the dredge. Cloudy and squally weather. Breezes from S.S.W. to south; steadily rising barometer and falling temperature. Snow squalls and passing showers of rain occurred frequently throughout the day. An opening in the ice occurred about 1/2 a mile north of the ship and extending east and west with a width of about 30 yards. The vessel being again east of the 180th meridian, the entry of a second date in red ink is discontinued. Water temperatures and specific gravities Surface temperature = 35° - Specific gravity = 1.003 at 40° 2 fathoms = 31° - Specific gravity = 1.0245 at 38° 24 1/2 fathoms = 32° x - Specific gravity = 1.0261 at 38° x Miller-Casella No 24403 Moon 22° N. Last quarter
See full digitized page provided by the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Excerpt:
Mr. Dunbar, whose duties as ice-pilot are limited to daily visits to the crow's nest for a look at our surroundings, discovered this afternoon that a crack had occurred in the ice about half a mile north of us, and extending for a short distance east and west. Going out to examine he found it about fifty yards in extent, it being merely a separation of the old and heavy last winter's ice which surrounds us.
See digitized manuscript page provided by NOAA PMEL.
Hour |
Wind |
Pressure |
Att'd |
Dry |
Wet |
Sea |
Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swxw | 29.58 | — | 29.5 | — | — | ocs |
| 2 | swxw | 29.56 | — | 29.5 | — | — | bcs |
| 3 | swxw | 29.55 | — | 30.0 | — | — | oc |
| 4 | swxw | 29.54 | — | 29.8 | — | — | bc |
| 5 | wsw | 29.53 | — | 30.0 | — | — | oc |
| 6 | wsw | 29.53 | — | 30.0 | — | — | oc |
| 7 | wsw | 29.52 | — | 30.5 | — | — | oc |
| 8 | swxw | 29.51 | — | 30.5 | — | — | oc |
| 9 | swxw | 29.51 | — | 31.0 | — | 34.0 | oc |
| 10 | swxs | 29.49 | — | 30.0 | — | — | oc |
| 11 | swxs | 29.48 | — | 30.5 | — | — | oc |
| 12 | sxw | 29.46 | — | 30.0 | — | — | oc |
| 13 | ssw | 29.43 | — | 30.0 | — | — | oc |
| 14 | ssw | 29.43 | — | 30.3 | — | — | bcs |
| 15 | sxw | 29.41 | — | 30.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 16 | sxw | 29.4 | — | 30.5 | — | — | oc |
| 17 | sxe | 29.38 | — | 31.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 18 | sse | 29.36 | — | 31.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 19 | s | 29.34 | — | 32.0 | — | — | ocs |
| 20 | s | 29.31 | — | 33.0 | — | — | oc |
| 21 | s | 29.28 | — | 33.0 | — | — | ocr |
| 22 | sxe | 29.26 | — | 33.0 | — | — | ocr |
| 23 | sse | 29.23 | — | 34.0 | — | — | ochr |
| 24 | sse | 29.21 | — | 34.0 | — | — | ocm |
